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China, which has undergone demographic transition more rapidly than most industrial economies. This paper quantifies the … down China’s economy growth rate due to the exhausted of demographic dividend with high cost of labor force. The … pension system should be improved, especially in rural China …
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electricity generation sector in China was chosen to demonstrate the economic impact of possible emissions control on the …. Data comes from the China Statistical Yearbook and China Electric Power Yearbook, providing the provincial information for …
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indicators in China. We find that investments in IC are productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises—more so in domestically … owned than in foreign invested enterprises. Consistent with other research, we find that China’s IC generates new patents …
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This paper studies the welfare impact of alternative scenarios of trade protectionism and liberalization in Argentina. The impact of the different trade policies is assessed in two different ways. We first use the multi-sectoral and multi-regional computable general equilibrium MIRAGE model to...
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This paper examines the effects of agricultural trade policy changes in the Brazilian agriculture using CGE model. An extended Salter-Swan model is employed to verify if the Stolper-Samuelson theorem holds and the consequences in terms of prices, production and resources allocation. Results show...
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There is significant policy interest in liquid biofuels with appealing prospects for energy security, farm security, poverty alleviation, and climate change. Large-scale commercial biofuel production could have far reaching implications for regional and global markets – particularly those...
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This research examines the effect of a government sponsored technology transfer program for small holder farms in Chile. The effect of family participation in the technology transfer program is evaluated with respect to a number of 'outcomes' including its effect on farm revenues, total family...
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With the rapidly changing economic environments and numerous challenges hindering smallholders’ adoption of externally developed technologies, it is often argued that farmers’ innovations may be essential in the livelihoods of rural farm households and need to be promoted. Yet a rigorous...
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The paper reviews the theoretical and the empirical case for public investment in education in India. Though the theoretical literature provides a backing for such a policy, the empirical literature fails to find a robust relation between education expenditure and growth. Expenditure on...
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